Friday football roundup: B-R, C-R grab wins

BOLIVAR — The Wolverines were looking for a major bounce back after they were shutout by Alexander in their season opener a week ago.

York/Pavilion came into town on Friday, and Bolivar-Richburg made sure they were prepared.

In a low scoring affair, the Wolverines came out and made their mark in the second half, accounting for the game’s final eight points after trailing 6-0 at the break, vaulting to an 8-6 victory over the Golden Knights.

“Alexander is one heck of a team, but B-R and York are certainly closer together as far as talent goes,” said B-R coach Steve Smith. “We’re going to have some dogfight games, and tonight it showed. I told the kids that if the score was reversed, I would be just as proud. They fought the whole game, that’s all we want to see. We certainly accomplished the goal of playing as a team.”

With under two minutes left until the half, the Golden Knights found their way on the board on a two-yard carry by Sebastian Hackett, which was set up by a 41-yard pass play from quarterback Matt McFarland to Colby Tillotson.

In the second half, Bolivar-Richburg took control.

Gavin Clemens returned the opening kickoff to the house, going 70 yards down the field to tie up the game. A two-point conversion to take the lead was stopped by the Golden Eagles defense.

It remained tied at six after three quarters. With nine minutes left to play, Bolivar-Richburg broke that tie on defense. After the offense fumbled the ball at the York/Pavilion 1 yardline, the B-R defense made them pay with a safety on the first play from scrimmage, after a swarm of Wolverines defenders including Clemens made the stop to earn the two-point lead.

York/Pavilion looked to its special teams with 40 seconds left in the game, in hopes of taking the lead back, but a 40-yard field goal hooked wide right, sealing the home victory for the Wolverines.

“We couldn’t be more pleased with our line,” Smith said. “We strung some drives together, some plays together. We fumbled it away after a long drive, and there were a couple of scores that we left out there. To sneak out of here with an 8-6 win, I will take that any day. One play could’ve made the difference. The kids responded defensively, and the offense really grounded out.”

Riley Danaher went 4-of-9 passing with 48 yards. Parker Cole received 44 of those yards on three catches. In the backfield, Carter Johnson rushed for 76 yards on 21 carries. Along with his kickoff return, Clemens also added 34 yards on eight carries. On defense, Karson Bell had a second-quarter interception.

Next up, the Wolverines will look to go 2-1 on the road, as they head out to Perry/Mount Morris.

PERRY — After Perry-Mt. Morris got a safety to take a 2-0 lead after the first quarter, it was all Rebels.

Cuba-Rushford’s revamped defense held Perry-Mt. Morris to -7 net rushing yards and just one score, as the Rebels powered to 2-0 with a 45-8 road win Friday night.

Trevor Smith ran for 101 yards and two scores on just five carries. The senior also returned a punt 45 yards to the house, and caught two passes for 86 yards, including a 67 yard touchdown from Alex Tylor. Tylor also had 59 yards rushing, while Ben Seigel added 47 yards on the ground. Quarterback Dawson Sanderson started the C-R scoring with a 21 yard touchdown run, and he later threw a touchdown to DeAndre Ahrens.

The C-R defense rang up nine sacks. Jason Gabler had three and Gavin Ponka added two. Julius Korytkowski had 1.5 sacks, with Seigel and Jeffrey Gore adding one each and Ben Frank getting credited with a half-sack.

The Rebels look to stay undefeated this week in their home opener against Geneseo.

DANSVILLE — Dansville junior Tom Earner had a rushing touchdown, a receiving touchdown and a kick return touchdown, but the Bath Rams were able to pull away for a 49-28 road win over the Mustangs Friday night.

The Mustangs (0-2) scored first and led 7-6 after the first quarter. After Bath took the lead, Dansville tied it at 14 on Earner's kick return to the house. After that, however, the Rams took command and built a 34-14 lead before Earner scored again in the third quarter.

Dansville visits Livonia this week.

LeRoy 34, Wayland-Cohocton 6

COHOCTON — The Wayland-Cohocton offense was held to one lone score for the second straight week as LeRoy seized a 34-6 win over the Golden Eagles Friday night.

Way-Co (0-2) visits Avon this week looking to bust loose for a victory.

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